Personale docente

CURRICULUM VITAE
ANNAMARIA BUSCHINI

2021-present
Associate Professor MEDS24/B (General and Applied Hygiene)
University of Parma
Department of Chemical, Life, and Environmental Sustainability Sciences
• Professor of Hygiene
• Professor of Food and Nutrition Hygiene
• Professor of Hygiene Applied to Biotechnology

Chair of the Master's Degree in Translational Biomedical Sciences since 2024.

2019 - 2021
Tenured Researcher MED42 (Hygiene)
University of Parma
Department of Chemical, Life, and Environmental Sustainability Sciences
• Professor of Food and Nutrition Hygiene
• Professor of Human Molecular Genetics and Genotoxicity

2001 – 2019
Tenured Researcher BIO18 (Genetics)
University of Parma of Parma
Department of Chemical, Life, and Environmental Sustainability Sciences
• Professor of Human Molecular Genetics and Genotoxicity

1999-2001
Research Fellow (Scientific-Disciplinary Sector E11A "Genetics")
Faculty of Mathematical, Physical, and Natural Sciences
Institute of Genetics
University of Parma

1997-1999
As a freelancer, he collaborated with the Institute of Genetics at the University of Parma and provided consultancy services to the Agency for Prevention and the Environment of the Emilia-Romagna Region.

1992-1996
He was a founding member of Biotecnologika scrl, one of the first spin-offs in the university sector.
As a partner and President of Biotecnologika scrl, he collaborates with the University of Parma (Institute of Genetics, Institute of Organic Chemistry), the Institute of Clinical Physiology of the National Research Council (CNR) in Pisa, Procter & Gamble (European Technical Centre-Belgium), and the Occupational Medicine Section of Local Health Authority (USL 4).

1988-1991
Scholarship recipient
Institute of Genetics
University of Parma

1987-1988
Intern
Institute of Genetics
University of Parma

1986
Bachelor's Degree in Biological Sciences (110/110 cum laude; University of Parma)

Organizational and Management Skills
Senior investigator/group leader of the Laboratory of Human, Microbial, and Plant Genotoxicology at the Department of Chemical, Life, and Environmental Sustainability Sciences at the University of Parma
▪ Management of the Master's Degree Program in Molecular Biology at the University of Parma as Secretary of the Degree Program Council
▪ Management of the Master's Degree Program in Biomolecular, Genomic, and Cellular Sciences at the University of Parma as Deputy President.
▪ President of the Master's Degree Program in Translational Biomedical Sciences, University of Parma.
▪ Vice President of the Center for Molecular and Translational Oncology (COMT), University of Parma.

Professional Skills
Excellent ability to work both independently and in teams, acquired through 30 years of research in university laboratories, collaborating with both national and international universities and corporate partners.
Since the beginning of her scientific career, she has studied the interaction between xenobiotics (environmental pollutants, drugs, etc.) and organisms/cells in eukaryotic model systems. One of the main objectives of this long-term research project is the identification and validation of screening systems capable of detecting different mutagenic events for a qualitative/quantitative assessment of "genetic risk."
It focuses on environmental genotoxicity, identifying innovative approaches for assessing population risk resulting from exposure to contaminants present in airborne particulate matter and in surface and drinking water.
In the oncology field, it investigates the drug sensitivity of tumor cells of different tissue origins compared to normal cells, in relation to different biochemical and physiological conditions, and in particular the activation of specific metabolizing systems (Drug Metabolizing Enzymes) and mitochondrial activity. The primary objective of this research line is the characterization of genes capable of defining individual sensitivity to drugs or environmental contaminants.
In the field of food hygiene and nutrition, her research focuses on investigating the protective potential of using plant extracts, individually or in formulations, in meat and dairy products and on the study of newly synthesized molecules capable of counteracting the accumulation and production of mycotoxins.

Author of 112 publications in international peer-reviewed journals.

Official h-index = 33 (Scopus 17/01/2026)

Projects (2014-2025)
• 2014-2015 LIFE+ Project subcontract for performing Comet assay slide analyses. (“MAPEC_LIFE”:“Monitoring air pollution effects on children supporting Public Health Policy” LIFE12/ENV/IT/000614)
• 2014-2016 CARIPLO “A biotechnological approach for the development of new antifungal compounds to protect the environment and the human health”,
• 2016-2018 - POR-FESR 2014-2020 "Innovating the pork supply chain through the valorization of plant by-products and the use of advanced "omics" and process technologies for the sustainable production of meat and cured meats with a positive impact on health." Call for strategic industrial research projects addressing the priority areas of the Smart Specialization Strategy.
• 2016-2018 - Head of the Agreement between ARPAE and the University of Parma for the assessment of the genotoxicity of airborne particulate matter in Emilia-Romagna.
• 2019 – IREN- Ambiente: Monitoring the mutagenicity of environmental matrices (soil and atmospheric particulate matter – PM2.5) collected in the area surrounding the Parma waste incineration plant, performed using reverse transcription tests on Salmonella typhimurium strains TA98 and TA100 and Comet Assays on human leukocytes.
• 2019 – Unione Bassa Est Parmense: “Monitoring of the area surrounding the Parmacementi plant (formerly the Sorbolo furnace) using mutagenesis tests to assess environmental and health aspects in compliance with the agreement between Parmacementi and the Unione di Sorbolo e Mezzani, now Unione Bassa Est Parmense.”
• 2019 – Bonatti srl: “Assessment of issues related to corrosion of water pipes, attributable to chemical or biological phenomena.”
• 2019-2021 POR-FESR2014-2020 “Mime4health - Innovative Milk and Meat products for Consumer’s Health” Call for proposals 2018 POR FESR Emilia-Romagna (Regional Operational Programme – European Regional Development Fund), Strategic industrial research projects aimed at the priority areas of the Smart Specialization Strategy (Axis 1 - Research and Innovation, Action 1.2.2 - Support for the implementation of complex research and development projects in a few key thematic areas and the application of technological solutions functional to the implementation of the S3 strategy).
• 2021 – IREN- Environment: Monitoring the mutagenicity of environmental matrices (soil and atmospheric particulate matter – PM2.5) collected in the area surrounding the Parma waste incineration plant, performed using reversion gene expression tests on Salmonella typhimurium strains TA98 and TA100 and Comet Assays on human leukocytes.
• 2022-2023 - 2021 University Call for Research (University of Parma). Action: A - Consolidation or scouting research projects. METHIONINE GAMMA-LYASE: AN ENZYME FOR NUTRIENT STARVATION IN CANCER THERAPY.
• 2022 - PRIN: RESEARCH PROJECTS OF RELEVANT NATIONAL INTEREST – 2022 Call - Very-long-term COVID-19 respiratory outcomes: clinical and molecular profiling of patients in different phases of the pandemic.
• 2022 - PNRR-POC-2022-12376831 - Theranostics in gastric cancer through immunotargeting of the CSPG4 cell surface proteoglycan.
• 2023 – IREN- Environment: Monitoring the mutagenicity of environmental matrices (soil and atmospheric particulate matter – PM2.5), collected in the area surrounding the Parma waste incineration plant, performed using gene reversion testing on Salmonella typhimurium strains TA98 and TA100 and Comet Assay on human leukocytes.
• 2025 – IREN- Environment: Monitoring the mutagenicity of environmental matrices (soil and atmospheric particulate matter – PM2.5) collected in the area surrounding the Parma waste incineration plant, performed using reverse transcription tests on Salmonella typhimurium strains TA98 and TA100 and comet assays on human leukocytes.

Member of the Interdepartmental Center for Molecular and Translational Oncology (C.O.M.T.) at the University of Parma.
She is a member of the Italian Society of Preventive Hygiene and Public Health (SITI), the Italian Society of Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics (SIMAG), the European Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society (EEMGS), and the Interuniversity Research Consortium on the Chemistry of Metals in Biological Systems (C.I.R.C.M.S.B.).